Johnson was acquitted by the Senate of the impeachment charges brougth forth by the House. He did not have to leave office and so served out his full term. ( Impeachment is only the first step in removing the President. If a President is impeached, the Senate holds a trial and 2/3 of the senators must vote for conviction in order to remove him from office. )
President Andrew Johnson was impeached when he violated the Tenure of Office Act. The Tenure of Office Act was repealed in 1887.
President Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives, but not removed from office by the Senate.
President Andrew Johnson was accused of violating the Tenure of Office Act by removing the Secretary of War from office. He was the first President to be impeached.
Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), the 17th U.S. president, assumed office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). Johnson, who served from 1865 to 1869, was the first American president to be impeached.
President Andrew Johnson and President Bill Clinton were both impeached. President Richard Nixon was supposed to be impeached, but he stepped down from office before the official impeachment, so technically he wasn't impeached.
There have been two impeached United States Presidents: Andrew Johnson, for violating the Tenure of Office Act, and Bill Clinton, for grand jury perjury and obstruction of justice.
Andrew Johnson the second and only other one was Bill Clinton However, neither Johnson nor Clinton was actually removed from office, as the Senate failed to confirm the House's ruling.
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Both Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were impeached by the US House of Representatives, but acquitted (found not guilty of the charges) at trial in the Senate. Both were impeached, but neither was removed. President Nixon was on the verge of being impeached, but chose to resign rather than face charges.
President Andrew Jackson, who was in office from 1829-1837, was never impeached.President Andrew Johnson, who succeeded President Lincoln in office after Lincoln's assassination, was impeached by the House of Representatives in February 1868 for violating the Tenure of Office Act. He was acquitted after his Senate trial in May of 1868, and served out the rest of his term (1865-1869).The two Presidents are frequently confused because of their similar names.
Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868 for violating the Tenure of Office Act. He was not removed from office. His defense questioned the constitutionality of the Act which was later rules unconstitutional.